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Go West
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Tensions Rising
Misc
100

This allowed for easier travels between the East and West quickly. 

Railroad/Trains

100

People rushed to this state in 1849 in pursuit of Gold

California

100

This case established judicial review

Marbury vs Madison

100

The belief that people felt more pride in where they lived than the country as a whole

Sectionalism

100

This movement wanted to end slavery.

Abolition

200

Dots and dashes allowed for communication to expand over vast distances.

Telegraph

200

The belief that it was America's job or goal to conquer the continent.

Manifest Destiny.

200

This case established that the National government is superior to the states.

McCulloch vs MD

200

This compromise established the 36'30 line and added Maine as a free state in 1820.

Missouri Compromise

200

This state was the first to secede

South Carolina

300

This allowed for people to more easily repair certain goods instead of replacing them if one thing was broken.

Interchangeable parts

300

The President who is known for expanding America's borders especially after the Louisiana Purchase

President James K Polk

300

This case established the necessary and proper clause 

McCulloch vs MD

300

This compromise ended the slave trade in DC, established California as a free state, but made a stricter fugitive slave act.

Compromise of 1850

300

This movement was started to get men to drink less.

Temperance
400

This waterway allowed for easier travel between eastern cities and western farms. This particular waterway cut through New York.

Erie Canal/Canal

400

To add to the country is known as 

ANNEX

400

Another name for the necessary and proper clause

Elastic

400

This rebellion failed when this man stormed an arsenal with his sons. He tried getting slaves weapons, but was unable to.

John Brown

400

Harriet Tubman's nickname

Moses

500

This machine invented by Eli Whitney was thought to eventually end slavery, but had the opposite effect.

Cotton Gin

500

What caused the Mexican American War?

Border disputes over contested territory

500

This awful court case established that whether free or slave, black people could not become citizens.

Dred Scott


Dred Scott vs Sandford

500

The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed for states to be able to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. This was known as 

Popular Sovereignty 

500

The first attack on the Civil War

Fort Sumter